A Comparative Study On The Cephalic Indices Of Normal Growing Children And Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia In Port Harcourt

Fawehinmi, HB; Osunwoke, AE; Ligha, AE; Okoh, PD

doi:10.4314/jeca.v7i1.48021

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“…The mean CI (71.57) of this study was lower than that (79.80) observed et al 10 Base on the basic classification of CI, the population under study was predominantly Dolichocephalic.…”

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Cephalic Index of The Igbos, Nigeria

Jervas¹,

Ihejihuka²,

Greg³

et al. 2016

Anthropol Open J

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Cephalic Index (CI) is an important tool for the classification of human beings. Objectives: This study examines the CI of the Igbos schooling at Federal University of Technology Owerri in order to establish the head pattern. Materials and methods: A total of 202 subjects participated in the study (males n=114, females n=84) after obtaining informed consent. Measurement of the maximum head breadth (MHB) and maximum head lengths (MHL) of the subjects were taken. The data were analyzed using SPSS 17.0. Results: The mean CI of the Igbos (both gender put together) was 71.57±14.81 while that of the males and females were 68.80±12.33 and 73.60±16.15 respectively. The most prominent CI was Dolichocephalic 'head length longer than width', males (76.2%) and females (59.6%). Mesocephalic 'head is round' and Brachycephalic 'head wider than length' were more common in the females than males. Sexual dimorphism was established at p<0.02 with females having higher values. Conclusion: The documented head pattern or shape would be useful to Forensic Anthropologist and Craniofacial surgeons.

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“…The mean CI (71.57) of this study was lower than that (79.80) observed et al 10 Base on the basic classification of CI, the population under study was predominantly Dolichocephalic.…”

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confidence: 76%

“…The dominant type of head from this study was not similar to the following studies. 7,[9][10][11]18,19 …”

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Cephalic Index of The Igbos, Nigeria

Jervas¹,

Ihejihuka²,

Greg³

et al. 2016

Anthropol Open J

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“…In this study, the average cephalic index for children in the Northern Region was 80.93, an average similar to the studies of Oladipo & Olotu (2006) Students in the South, the average cephalic index was 79.06, an average similar to the studies of Basu (1963) in India with K. Vangaja ethnicity, presenting cephalic index of 79.50, García & Lips (1986) where the Northmen the Chilean-European descent (Nordic) at 79.72, Fawehinmi et al (2008) The dominant type of head in this study, in the North 2% are classified as dolychocephalic, mesocephalic 44%, 37% and 17% brachycephalic hyperbrachicephalic, with the kind of lower dolichocephalic incidence with 2% and the predominant type with mesocephalic 44%.…”

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Comparative Study of the Cephalic Index of the Population from the Regions of the North and South of Brazil

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SUMMARY:Since the beginning of the century in various countries, investigations to determine the anthropometric characteristics of a population were carried out. The issue of miscegenation in Brazil is of great importance in this study to define a population representative data on the cranial anthropometry. The large size of Brazil, with 8.514.876 km 2 leads to an investigation between the two extreme regions of the country: North and South, because of the ethnic composition of their colonizers. This study aims to investigate, compare and rank possible differences in cephalic index of the populations from these regions of Brazil. Therefore, an anthropometric study was performed at the School of Aeronautics Expert (single training center for graduates of Brazilian Air Force), measurements were performed in 110 male students, divided by regions, and also the parents of these students who came from the same region of Brazil. The average width of the head shown in the Northern region is 15.80 ± 0.69 and 15.75 ± 0.53 in the Southern region, with significant difference (P <0.05). The average length of the head lodged in the Northern region is 19.54 ± 0.61 and 19.94 and in the South ± 0.67, significant difference (P <0.05). With respect to the cephalic index the average in the North is 80.93 ± 3.84 and in the South 79.06 ± 3.60, significant difference (P <0.05). In the Northern region, for the classification, mesocephalic is predominant, but with a tendency to brachycephalic and hyperbrachycephalic, dolichocephalic type was rare in the South and the opposite occurs with respect to the rare type, the classification is to mesocephalic predominantly the second type is also brachycephalic, dolichocephalic but it is the third most common, often presented as the brachycephalic type.

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“…4 It has also been reported that cephalic index is less than 2-3 (difference of 2.7) in individual with sickle cell anemia than normal individual. 5 Small head with varying cephalic index is found in Cohen syndrome. 6 Pathological cephalic index may indicate chromosome anomaly.…”

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